A desktop virtual reality earth motion system in astronomy education

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-304

  Chen, Chih Hung ^a   Yang, Jie Chi ^a   Shen, Sarah ^b   Jeng, Ming Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Astronomy education; Desktop virtual reality; Earth motion; Guided discovery learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949158780     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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